Skate-fastening overshoe.



B. EPSTEIN..

SKATE FASTENING OVEBSHOE.I APPLlcAnon' min MAR'. v1e.. 1911.

Patented om; 9,1917.

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BARNETT EPs'rEIN, oFfNEW YonK,l1\Tr. v'.

SKATE-FASTENING ovn'nsrron.l

Application filed March 14, 191'?.

To ZZ who/nt t may concern Be it known that I, BARNETT Ersfrnrn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Skate-Fastening Overshoe, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: To provide shoe-like means for securing skates to lthe human foot; to provide means of the character mentioned adapted to lit feet of various sizes; to provide overshoe sections for skates for affording protection for the wearing shoe, but firm attachment of the skate to the foot; to provide sectional overshoes having continuous entrance openings; and to provide a shoe-like ankle support for fastening a skate to the human foot.

Drawings.

Fig. t is a perspective view of the over-` shoe, the sections thereof being shown in spaced relation and as detached from the skate.

Description'.

As seen in the drawings, the overshoe is constructed in two parts and employs aheelpad 10 and a sole-pad 11. Said pads, as shown best in Fig. l of the drawings, are independently arranged, and each is provided with upper sections peculiar to the portion of a shoe usually related thereto. The pads 10 and 11 are preferably constructed of wood and of two layers, between which layers are secured the lower edges of the upper 12 and the foXing 13. The upper 12 conforms in design to that portion of the conventional shoe or gaiter which enfolds Specification of Lelthizeyrs.Patent.v

vis to be attached to the skate.

Serial No. 154,706.

the ankle and the instep of the foot. rlhe gap edges of the upper are furnished with lacing eyelets la, through which in service, as seen best in Fig. 1 of the drawings, a shoe lacing 15 is passed. ,Vhere desired, steel ankle braces v16 are inserted in the sides of theupper 12. f

The laminations of the sole-pad 11 hold the lower edges of the separate sections of the foXing 13. The foXing 13 does not cover the toe ends of said pad, it being intended that the toe of the shoe lshall extend forward of the foaing 13. LThe gap edges of the sections forming the foXing 13, like the gap edges of the upper 12, are provided with lacing eyelets 14. to receive in service the lacing 15.

It is obvious that the sections of the overshoe being independent and separate, they may be attached to skates of any length. This is an advantage in that the purchaser is not required to be fitted to the shoe that Therefore, skates when provided with shoe sections of the character herein described may be worn lpy different people having different sized eet.

The pads 10 and 11 and parts connected therewith are attached to skates independently by means of fasteners, such as rivets 17.

The herein-described overshoe having been attached to a skate, it is worn over the shoe of usual wear, such as is indicated by the numeral 18 in the drawings. When applying the overshoe and n skate attached therein in service, the stocking foot is not exposed to the cold and damp incident to locations where skates are usually applied.

0 Zai/ms.

1. An overshoe as characterized comprising a plurality of rigid, correlated separate pads; flexible shoe structures permanently and rigidly connected one with each of said pads, said structures having each a full front opening; and means for drawing the edges of said openings into service relation, said means embodying a single member operatively engaging the edges of all of said structures to form a unit fastening therefor.

2. An overshoe as characterized comprising a plurality of rigid correlated separate Patented oet. a, fait'. I

pads; a skate ruimer rigidly connecting said pads; flexible shoe structures permanently connected With each of said pads, said structures having each a full front opening; a plurality of relatively stiff brace members mounted in said shoe structures for holding the ankle of the wearer of the shoe; and

means for lacing said shoe structures to close the front openings, said means embodying a single member operatively engaging the l0 edges of all of said shoe structures to orm a unit fastening therefor.

BARNETT EPSTEIN.

Copies of `this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,l

' Washington, D. G. 

